Recent HIV infections: evaluation of a simple identification score for newly diagnosed patients

• Main Authors: Elaine Monteiro Matsuda (Author), Cintia Mayumi Ahagon (Author), Luana Portes Ozório Coelho (Author), Ivana Barros de Campos (Author), Daniela Rodrigues Colpas (Author), Andreia Moreira dos Santos Carmo (Author), Luís Fernando de Macedo Brígido (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Universidade de São Paulo, 2022-05-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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ABSTRACT OBJECTIVE Recognize incident infection to better characterize the groups that fuel HIV epidemic. We propose a simple score to identify recent infections among newly diagnosed patients as a HIV surveillance tool. METHODS Newly diagnosed patients were defined as recent infections when a negat...